1. death knell - Noun
2. death knell - Phrase
a bell rung to announce a death
an omen of death or destruction
Source: WordNetdeath-knell
After the Proteas batsmen had secured a 91-run in response, Maharaj delivered the death knell for New Zealand with a ripping second innings display. Source: Internet
Encashing of the bank guarantees may sound the death knell for companies such as Vodafone Idea Ltd which has been struggling to garner the dues. Source: Internet
Any wrong move can spoil the peace in the Congress, which would be like the death knell for both of them and if things turn for the worse, Venugopal would make his entry. Source: Internet
But the joint pressures of online news and economic recession may be the death knell for print journalism as we’ve come to know it. Source: Internet
It seemed like a death knell for this post-Civil War structure, one of a dwindling number of 19th-century churches still standing in Louisiana. Source: Internet
By doing this, Mercadante sounded what was to be the death knell of the age of bel canto. Source: Internet